The Last Poetry Postcard Fest Activation of 2026

Notes on the last Poetry Postcard Activation for 2026 at Pritchard Beach in Seattle.

Postcarding & Daysinging (A Workshop)

Postcarding and DaySonging (A Workshop). In this session it will be a presentation of how the postcard fest developed, how the daysong developed, how I prepare for the fest and how participants attending prepare for the fest, as well as how to prepare for a successful daysong. The similarities of the daysong to serial poetry could be discussed, as well as the effort to put one’s self into the open, which has benefits in one’s own life.

Interview with Postcard Poet Laura Gamache

Part of the Cascadia 2050 mission is: to inspire artists and poets of the next generation to consider bioregionalism and intuitive poetic approach as a way to foster a more just and sustainable Cascadia by 2050. To this end, one of our goals is to interview people who help us spread awareness by having practices in their lives that reflect these values. This interview with Postcard Poet Laura Gamache, a Seattle who has published poetry in the usual places, such as chapbooks, journals and anthologies, and also unusual places, such as buses, is the first of the series.

20th annual Poetry Postcard Fest Special Project

Hello Postcarders, Bioregionalists, Poets, et.al, I am writing you today on behalf of Cascadia 2050 to invite you to participate in a special project honoring the 20th Poetry Postcard Festival. We hope you will be able to start your fest a little early and send us one...

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Post-Fest Open Mic

Post-Fest Open Mic

This year's post-Poetry Postcard Fest open mic will happen Saturday, September 4 at 10am PDT via Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/s/2064225002 If you would like to help coordinate it, please let me...

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Nina Murray’s Postcard Sourcing Tips

Nina Murray’s Postcard Sourcing Tips

Nina Murray has a wonderful post about the fest and about where SHE gets postcards: So I thought I’d take this opportunity to list my all-time favorite sources of postcards (the listings are not...

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2021 Poetry Postcard Fest Stats

2021 Poetry Postcard Fest Stats

The numbers are in for year 15 of the Poetry Postcard Fest, as registration has ended (FINALLY) and the poets at Casa del Colibrí can move on to their own poetry postcard production and the next...

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Linda Crosfield, 15 Year PPF Veteran

Linda Crosfield, 15 Year PPF Veteran

Linda Crosfield and I met in George Bowering's 2005 week-long class at the (now defunct) Victoria School of Writing Summer School where we learned, among other things, the importance of putting...

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Postcards for Richard

Postcards for Richard

Caring Bridge for Richard Osler “Did you know, a quick comment can boost morale by 28.2%”— Caring Bridge Longtime Poetry Postcard Fest participant Richard Osler has been diagnosed with Stage Four...

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Ina’s Fest Preparation

Ina’s Fest Preparation

The Poetry Postcard Fest is beginning soon! Finalized lists of the people we’re trading postcard poems with will be distributed starting this week. And each of us are preparing in our own way: those...

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Judy Kleinberg on Captain Who?

Judy Kleinberg on Captain Who?

Captain who??? As you may have noticed, there’s a new term in the Poetry Postcard Fest glossary for 2024: List Captain. Like many grassroots organizations that grow organically, the annual Fest...

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